Kerberos kadmind Null Pointer Dereference Lets Remote Authenticated Administrators
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1027119 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1027119
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2012-1013
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jun 5 2012
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 5-1.10
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Kerberos. A remote authenticated administrative user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote authenticated administrator with 'create' privileges can trigger a null pointer dereference in kadmind in '/lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c' and cause the target service to crash.
Richard Basch reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote authenticated administrative user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (5-1.10).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.10/
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Vendor URL: web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.10/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:27:14 +0000
Subject: Kerberos
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http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/krb5-1.10/
Fix a kadmind denial of service issue (null pointer dereference), which could only be triggered by an administrator with the "create" privilege. [CVE-2012-1013]
CVE-2012-1013
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